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Date:      Thu, 26 Jan 2006 22:16:07 +0100
From:      Philippe Pegon <Philippe.Pegon@crc.u-strasbg.fr>
To:        Grzegorz Danecki <g.danecki@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: "screen" alternative
Message-ID:  <43D93C17.2070902@crc.u-strasbg.fr>
In-Reply-To: <41b95770601261225m2a575b19o@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <41b95770601261225m2a575b19o@mail.gmail.com>

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Grzegorz Danecki wrote:
> Hi List!
> 
> I'm running 5.4 Stable and I'm looking for something, that can let me detach
> my session leaving my software running. First thought - "screen", but hey,
> there is no screen package in ports collection :( Google says something that
> it was removed due to high cpu utilization few releases ago. Is this true?
> Are there any alternatives? Because as I can remember screen was frequently
> used and highly appreciated application.
> 
> Or should I rather look for some sources instead of package? Any problems
> with that?

screen is in the ports collection, but there is no binary package. You 
can install it from sources with the port :

# cd /usr/ports/sysutils/screen/
# make install

or if you use portupgrade :

portinstall screen

> Many thanks in advance, You are doing great work here!
> 
> Greg Danecki

--
Philippe Pegon



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